| Description |
1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
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"ISSN 1092-7735." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Vol. 6: The beast in the jungle / Henry James -- Bloodchild / Octavia Butler -- Cathedral / Raymond Carver -- The Chrysanthemums / John Steinbeck -- The dead / James Joyce -- Fever / John Edgar Wideman -- A guide to Berlin / Vladimir Nabokov -- Hills like white elephants / Ernest Hemingway -- Lost in the funhouse / John Barth -- Odour of Chrysanthemums / D.H. Lawrence -- Pomegranate Seed / Edith Wharton -- The ring / Isak Dinesen -- A rose for Emily / William Faulkner -- A simple heart / Gustave Flaubert -- Spunk / Zora Neale Hurston -- Swimming Lessons / Rohinton Mistry -- A very old man with enormous wings / Gabriel Garcia Marquez. |
| Summary |
Presents vital information on the most-studied short stories at the high school and early-college levels. Each entry contains author biography, plot summary, characters, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, and criticism. |
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James, Henry, 1843-1916. Beast in the jungle.
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Butler, Octavia E. Bloodchild.
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Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988. Cathedral.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Chrysanthemums.
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Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Dead.
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Wideman, John Edgar. Fever.
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Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977. Guide to Berlin.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Hills like white elephants.
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Barth, John, 1930- Lost in the funhouse.
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Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Odour of Chrysanthemums.
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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Pomegranate Seed.
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Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962. Ring.
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Rose for Emily.
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Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880. Simple heart.
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Hurston, Zora Neale. Spunk.
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Mistry, Rohinton, 1952- Swimming Lessons.
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Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- Very old man with enormous wings.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Short story -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Short story.
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| Added Author |
Akers, Tim, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Short stories for students, Volume 6. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Group, 1999 9780787636067 |
| ISBN |
9781414428178 (electronic book) |
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1414428170 (electronic book) |
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9780787636067 |
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0787636061 |
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